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jl922_undated_town common postcard with trolley.jpg
Color postcard showing trolley beside town common. Image showing single trolley with passengers passing by tree lined town common.

jl740.08_amherst_postcard_canoeing_jan_1918.jpg
Color postcard showing two men canoeing, postcard text reads: Greetings from Amherst, Mass. Image shows river, and riverbank flanked by trees and sunrise or sunset shows in sky at background.

jl900_undated_amherst center postcard.jpg
Color postcard view from town common to Amherst House, corner of S. Pleasant and Amity St. Image shows two trolley's, the Amherst House, wagons, store awnings, as well as trees with some foliage.

Attractions.pdf
This 24-page brochure describes Amherst during Emily Dickinson's lifetime including the landscape, highlights of Amherst College, changes to Kellogg Block, and businesses in Amherst center. There is a good description of the merchandise sold in each…

AmherstRecordHomeAlmanac1877Resized.pdf
Almanac "containing matters of local interest, local business announcements...also some pages of miscellaneous reading." Includes a chronology of notable events (both local and national) for 1876, Amherst marriages and deaths for the year, statistics…

MAR76MilitaryPlanes.jpg
Air Force A-10 jets flying low over North Pleasant Street during the military parade for Recognition Weekend, an event organized at UMass in mid-July, 1986. The event was designed as a vehicle to honor veterans. It drew a large number of people…

MAR57JugglerOnCommon.jpg
Small group of spectators watching a juggler perform on the Town Common.

MAR41SeelyeGMuddBuildingAC.jpg
Looking up Memorial Hill from the sidewalk on the left with Seeleye G. Mudd building and Merrill Science Center visible on rim of slope at right.

MAR76Soldiers.jpg
Army soldiers marching in the military parade for Recognition Weekend, an event organized at UMass in mid-July, 1986. The event was designed as a vehicle to honor veterans. It drew a large number of people interested in balancing the military display…

MAR58NuclearDisarmamentProtestOnCommon (2).jpg
Demonstration for nuclear disarmament on the Town Common.

MAR63LeagueBooksale.jpg
Tent on the Town Common where the Amherst League of Women Voters held their annual book sale in 1984.

MARSEastStMunsonMemorial.jpg
Entrance to the Munson Memorial Library building shaded by a large maple tree.

MAR66Drummers.jpg
Members of the Shriners marching in the military parade for Recognition Weekend, an event organized at UMass in mid-July, 1986. The event was designed as a vehicle to honor veterans. It drew a large number of people interested in balancing the…

MARFauveGallery.jpg
Wooden sculpture outside the entrance to the Fauve Gallery, an art gallery which operated on the second floor at 18 Main Street for five years beginning in 1985.

MAR67Veterans Day Parade.jpg
Peace activists marching along with the military parade for Recognition Weekend, an event organized at UMass in mid-July, 1986. The event was designed as a vehicle to honor veterans. It drew a large number of people interested in balancing the…
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